Schadenersatz: der, die or das?
derSchadenersatz
Compensation
Short answer: Schadenersatz takes the article der (der Schadenersatz). It’s a masculine noun (German: maskulin) and means “compensation” in English.
Schadenersatz: word facts
- Article
- der
- Gender
- maskulin (masculine)
- English
- Compensation
- Topic
- Shopping and money
- Yupo level
- Advanced
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Why does Schadenersatz take der?
No suffix rule covers Schadenersatz, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, der words are blue. Picture Schadenersatz as something blue.
See the article rules →Schadenersatz in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | der Schadenersatz |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | den Schadenersatz |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Schadenersatz |
